Ichabod Crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Crane is portrayed in the original work, and in most adaptations, as a tall
"What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night!" by Frederick Simpson Coburn (1899). Ichabod Crane walks home after an evening listening to ghost stories.
"Ichabod Crane, Respectfully Dedicated to Washington Irving" by William J. Wilgus; chromolithograph (c. 1856)
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane, by John Quidor, 1858
"Courtship In Sleepy Hollow, or Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel" (1868)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an 1820 short story by American author Washington Irving contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Irvi
Ichabod Crane
…Ichabod Crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Crane is portrayed in the original work, and in most adaptations, as a tall, lanky individual. He is the local schoolmaster, and strongly believes…
Ichabod Crane pursued by the Headless Horseman, by F. O. C. Darley, 1849
Headstone of Catriena Ecker Van Tassel in the Burying Ground of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow